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Angouleme Prize Follow-up: Paul a QuebecAs we reported last week, Michel Rabagliati's Paul a Quebec graphic novel, published by La Pasteque, won the popular vote for favourite book at the Angouleme festival in France. There has been some grumbling and controversy about the prize since then. Although the book has sold 15,000 copies in Quebec since its publication in early 2009, it has not been widely available in France, begging the question of how it garnered so many internet votes for a French prize and leading to speculations about ballot stuffing. Readers will remember that the internet voting determined 5 finalists, from which the winner was selected by a jury. The other four books were Blast T.1 (de Manu Larcenet, Dargaud), Siegfried T.2 (d'Alex Alice, Dargaud), Il etait une fois en France T.3 (de Fabien Nury et Sylvain Vallee, Glenat) and Billy Brouillard T.1 (de Guillaume Bianco, Soleil). As juror Mael Rannou explains on the du9 blog (google trans), many of the jury hadn't read all of the books until the weekend the prize was given and they decided on Paul not just because it was a great book but because they were happy to showcase an deserving international work from a smaller publisher. The book is scheduled for a wider French release next month. (via Rich Johnston and Dirk Deppey) Labels: awards, bd, festivals, graphic novels, international, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments -   - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 TCAF 2010 website goes live  Visit torontocomics.com for the full list of exhibitors, and this link will give you the Google calender feed for the schedule. The festival will be held May 8th and 9th at the Toronto Reference Library on the corner of Asquith Ave and Yonge St. View Larger Map Labels: conventions, festivals, news, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Sunday Nov 1st Toronto - Canzine!  "Canada's Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture" The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent will fill the old Gladstone Hotel to it's gills, to show off their wares. We are cautioned to be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness of it all. There is a huge line up of stuff this year, sorry i'll be missing it. Check here for the many events held along side the main floor, in various rooms about the old hotel: Hotel Room Installations; 1:00-7:00pm; Canada's brightest and weirdest will be creating one day unique environments to explore in five of the Gladstone Hotel's Rooms. There's The City of Craft General Store, ARTCADE 2009, The Lost Window: Toronto Mannequin Window Displays 1930-1950 [provocative found-photo exhibit], Spelunkin' fer Culkin [3Dzine installation by Wowee Zonk], and....  The Toronto Comic Jam Room: All day long sequential art. On the last Tuesday of every month the Toronto Comic Jam meets at the Cameron House to collaboratively create comics. But on November 1st it will be coming out of the back room and setting up shop in one of Canzine's art rooms where it will invite passers-by to stop in and draw a panel or two. Past Toronto Comic Jam books will be for sale. Links- regular Jam home page, and the Facebook event page. The slide show is anything tagged Canzine from the flickr stream, if you go have a great show! Labels: Canzine, events, events links, festivals, Ontario, social ink, Toronto, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, October 10, 2009 EXPOZINE 2009 MONTREAL'S EIGHTH ANNUAL SMALL PRESS, COMIC AND ZINE FAIR! Free admission. Thousands of new books, cool comix, poster, buttons, freaking you name it. Expozine, Montreal's annual small press, comic and zine fair, will take place on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Eglise Saint-Enfant Jesus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Metro). [street view links] For the last few years EXPOZINE has been huge bringing together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of printed matter - from books to zines to poster art and comics - in both English and French. It has become one of North America's largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. This year for the first time there will also be a program of discussions and readings running throughout the event, as well as an opening party on Friday, November 13 (details to be announced). Not to be missed! To reserve a table at Expozine, fill out the registration form at www.expozine.ca before November 2, 2009, or mail the printed form to Arcmtl, box 1232, Place d'Armes, Montreal Que. H2Y 3K2. We're also looking for sponsors!!! For information on becoming a sponsor, contact us by email at expozine@archivemontreal.org. www.expozine.ca I will be there, will you? Expozine is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts de Montreal. Merci very much! Labels: can-con, conventions, events, Expozine, festivals, new books, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 08, 2009 This Weekend: Giant Comics Rendezvous in Quebec  10th Rendez-vous international de la bande dessinee de Gatineau This weekend is the big RVIBDG in Gatineau, Quebec, featuring a select cross-section of international comics. This is a big festival, part of a book fest called the "Salon du livre de l'Outaouais" and involves the mayor and a whole swathe of culture-crats. This year, the line-up includes LOUSTAL and Lewis TRONDHEIM (France), Christophe BERTSCHY (Switzerland), Christian DURIEUX (Belgium), Lynn JOHNSTON and Ronn SUTTON (English-Canada). Quebec guests include Francis DESHARNAIS (Burquette), Jean-Philippe MORIN (Archibald le cannibale, L'Astronaute and Docteur Big Love), Gabriel MORRISSETTE (Northguard, Daisy Dreamer, Egide, etc.), Daniel SHELTON (BEN), Nicolas BOUCHER, alias Nicoco B. (DAIMON, les memoires de Nick Butch), and Myriam ROY (Nouvelle Ere) --these last two graduates in Comics from the Ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (Universite du Quebec en Outaouais), one of the only degree-granting schools of comic art in Canada. As well, some 15 writers and artists will be joining our guests on the festival site, including Jean-Sebastien Berube, Serge Brouillet, Alain Champagne, Philippe Daveze, Tristan Demers, Cyril Doisneau, Tom Fowler, Caroline Frechette, Normand Gregoire, Jocelyn Jalette, Michel Rabagliati, Paul Roux, Craig A. Taillefer, and Stanley Wany. Lots of exhibitors and signings, too. Thanksgiving weekend, October 9 to 12, Theatre Foyer, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec (free admission) Labels: bd, events, festivals, international, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Rick Trembles' Motion Picture Purgatory Vol. Two  Devices Tonight @Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival! Rick will be out in full zombie makeup doing his thing on the stage tonight, with his band the American Devices, billing with Futensil & Yamantaka Sonic Titan July 19 @ Bar Le Saphir (3699 boul. St-Laurent). He's also produced this 3 minute ' TV ad' for the show staring Nikki Godless as an interrogator; warning, not 'safe for the office' in most places probably. ;) If you dig this you for sure will find the show impressive. He'll also be playing with Nomeansno & Grand Trine, Suono per il Popolo Music Festival, Friday, June 26th @ La Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent) Learn more about the awesome Fantasia fest here, Pre-order Motion Picture Purgatory Volume Two from FAB Press HERE. Labels: art show, book launches, events, events links, festivals, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, June 19, 2009 TCAF Goes Annual!In an email wrap-up, Toronto Comic Art Festival director and co-founder Chris Butcher has confirmed the rumors and announced that the festival will now be an annual event! The next TCAF is less than a year away now, scheduled for early May 2010 in the same location as the 2009 show! Quote:beguiling.com "That's right, the next Toronto Comic Arts Festival will be held Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th, 2010, at the Toronto Reference Library. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. And yes, we know that's Mother's Day. All of the cool moms read comics. Labels: events, festivals, tcaf, TCAF09, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, June 11, 2009 MoCCA 2009 - Hot in many waysSo MoCCA 2009 was last weekend, i just got back from NY and i'm still getting back into my routine. I planed on doing a lot more reporting myself but in the end not so much. I did snag a video of one panel that was pretty good - Making Good Comics in a New Era - and made a short overview clip from the little bit of footage i took at the show - it was insanely big, hot, and packed with books and i kind of short circuited and forgot to keep shooting after the first hour of day two. .. The Beat links are many, those here. MoCCA '09: How can something so cool be so hot? MoCCA memories MoCCA: Photo parade Also found this via Heidi, the audio for the Gary Panter and Raymond Sohn panel. Hung out a lot with the Indy Spiner Rack guys at the show, i don't mince words when i say you could not meet a nicer couple of guys! I owe them for the suport and for putting me up for a few hours when i missed my Train! Man, what a day that was. Some epic exhaustion. They Reported on the event this year, had a talk with MoCCA board member Fred Van Lente who does a great job answering some tough questions! So my final word is I had a great time. The heat messed me up and made it hard to think strait sometimes. But it was great to see friendly faces and there were soooo MANNY comics to look at. Saw increadable abstract stuff by Andrei Molotiu and had a great encounter with Bob Fingerman, one of my favorite Comix creators from when I was a punk kid. Made a few new freinds and amused myself when I spaced out and unwittingly stole a book from Brian Wood - made up for it by swapping for it, hope he liked what he got. I didn't want to have to carry too much back with me but managed to snag a nice selection for the collection. If i find the time i'll try to do a bit of a quick list with stars or something - have a few books now backed up to read soon. Rover out. Labels: conventions, events, events links, festivals, international, links, mocca - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, May 18, 2009 More TCAF audio | the "Post-Kirby" panel on Inkstuds  Dustin Harbin mentioned this in one of his event reports, now we can listen for ourselves..."The idea that Frank and I had going into this, is to look at comics in the context of a literary tradition and to create an understanding of how comics of a continuum of influences." - Robin McConnell Labels: events, festivals, Ontario, panels, pod casts, tcaf, TCAF09, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, May 14, 2009 TCAF panels | Jamie Coville's MP3'sThanks to Jamie Coville the following recordings from this years Toronto Comic Arts Festival are now available Here. Scanned them and the sound very compressed, mess with your levels a bit and it's fine, very clear. The Secret History of Manga in North America! (46mb, 50:20) [mp3] Jason Thompson a long time editor, writer, historian of various Manga related books takes us through Manga's journey in the North American market. He goes through the magazines, comic books, publishers, people and events that have shaped the industry. The panel is both educational and funny as Jason tells some behind the scenes anecdotes that have happened over the years. International Perspectives on Manga (46.7mb, 51:01) [mp3] Bryan Lee O'Malley (Scott Pilgrim), Becky Cloonan (East Coast Rising, Demo) Eric Ko (UDON), Antoine Dode (Armelle et Mon Oncle) and Jason Thompson (Manga: the Complete Guide) talk about their experiences with Manga. The panel is hosted by About.com Manga guide (and cartoonist) Deb Aoki. [who also took a lot of great photos!] Scott McCloud Panel. (69.4mb, 75:51) [mp3] Scott McCloud talks about comics, comics, comics and does so very enthusiastically. The panel is hosted by Mark Askwith. The audience also asks questions as well. Note: Scott occasionally uses foul language, but very politely. Craig Yoe and Secret Identity: the Fetish Drawings of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster. (35.7mb, 39:03) [mp3] Craig Yoe talks about his new controversial book about a previously unknown period in Joe Shusters life where he began drawing dirty comics. The characters bare a very close resemblance to Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and others. Yoe also talks about Frederic Wertham's involvement in the situation and reveals some information regarding correspondence between himself and Shuster's sister. The panel is hosted by Douglas Wolk. 5th Annual Doug Wright Awards. (116mb, 127:38) [mp3] The awards this year were hosted by Actor, Writer and Director Don McKellar. Also seen cruising the awards and geeking out a little bit it looked like. Among the presenters are Stuart McLean, Andrew Coyne, Jeet Heer, Adrian Tomine and a video from Bob Rae [member of this years awards jury]. The ceremony was as follows:  Burlington City Councilor announces the new Doug Wright Drive.Pigskin Peters Hat/Award: Matt Forsythe for Ojingogo. Best Emerging Talent: Kate Beaton for History Comics. A talk between Brad Mackay, Seth and Chris Oliveros about the new Doug Wright Collection. A surprise award to Chris Oliveros for 20 year anniversary of Drawn and Quarterly. A surprise gift from the Doug Wright Family to Seth, Brad Mackay and Chris Oliveros for their work on the Doug Wright Collection. Giants of the North, Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Frise. Best Book: Jillian & Mariko Tamaki for Skim. Will Libraries Save Graphic Novels? (50.6mb, 55:21) [mp3] Lisa Heggum (Librarian, Toronto Public Library), Diana Malizewski (Teacher, Toronto District School Board), Scott Robins (Blogger Book Comics for Kids/SLJ), Kent Allin (Teacher, Hastings and Price Edward District School Board), Jim Ottavini (Comic Writer, Editor and Publisher of G.T.Labs) & Douglas Davey (Librarian, Halton Hills Public Library) talk about Graphic Novels in libraries and schools. The panel is hosted by Jason Azzopardi, the Beguiling's Library Services Coordinator. Comics, Newspapers and the Internet. (68.6, 75:00) [mp3] Rich Stevens (Diesel Sweeties), Brendan Buford (Comics Editor for King Features Syndicate), John Martz (Chair of the Canadian Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society and co-creator of Drawn.ca), Stuart Immonen (Artist Ultimate Spider-Man, and webcomic artist) & Scott McCloud (cartoonist, Understanding Comics series, Zot) talk about the webcomics, newspaper print comics, and the Internet. Hosted by the very funny Chip Zdarsky/Steve Murray (cartoonist for National Post and Prison Funnies). Note: Scott McCloud occasionally swears! :) Co: Jamie Coville http://www.TheGraphicNovels.com http://www.CollectorTimes.com Labels: awards, events, festivals, Ontario, tcaf, TCAF09, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 The C-List: Once and Future Comics  Item: Quill and Quire has the lowdown on a promotional comic book from Harper Collins: "the company sent retailers across the country about 4,000 copies of a promotional comic book it created, called The Literates. The comic features the exploits of bookselling superheroes Spine and Paige, who endeavour – in the first issue, at any rate – to convince a reader to purchase American author Christopher Moore's Fool. [...] The eight-page pamphlet has the look and feel of a real comic, and it comes in a protective plastic sleeve with cardboard backing, just like at a real comic book store." Item: David Collier, look out: You have a challenger in the Hamilton sketching department! McMaster art student Tings Chak is planning a monumental graphic novel about the people and architecture of Lunchbucket City. Item: The most cosmically significant comic book from DC this week features a story by Guelph homeboy Jay Stephens. Cartoon Network Action Pack #36 has a cover and interior art from Jay and is devoted to his tv show, The Secret Saturdays. Item: The Globe's James Adams reports that a new alternative to the canceled Book Expo will be held this summer. The new shindig, which publisher's are boycotting, is "prosaically called Canadian Booksellers Association Summer Conference 2009, will be held June 20-21 in a hotel on Toronto's downtown waterfront. Billed as "stronger, smarter, shorter and sweeter" than BookExpo, it promises a potpourri of events and opportunities - professional development sessions, an awards ceremony, panel discussions with publishing executives, author presentations, previews of marketing, promotion and advertising plans."Item: The first review I've seen of Seth's new graphic novel, George Sprott. Item: You can see more of the awesome Pascal Blanchet photo above in this article. Blanchet is also interviewed on CBC radio's Q (along with Billy Bob Thronton). Listen to the podcast. Labels: C-List, conventions, events, festivals, links, new books, publishing, reviews - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, February 16, 2009 5th annual Doug Wright Awards at TCAF '09 - the Jury   Toronto, ON - The 2009 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning will be handed out Saturday, May 9th at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). Now in its fifth year, The Wright Awards are Canada's premier awards event celebrating the best in English-language cartooning, from renowned cartoonists to the best in emerging talent and experimental comics. This year's ceremony will also serve as the official launch party for The Collected Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, the first of a two-volume retrospective to be published by Drawn and Quarterly. The launch will feature an on-stage discussion of the life and career of the seminal Canadian cartoonist between Seth, the book's co-editor and designer, co-editor and writer Brad Mackay and Chris Oliveros, the book's publisher. As usual, the 2009 DWA jury will be comprised of representatives from a wide swath of Canadian society, from arts and culture to politics and the media. The jury for the 5th annual awards is impressive. They are as follows:Andrew Coyne, the national editor for Maclean's magazine and regular political panellist on CBC Television's The National. Martin Levin, the books editor of The Globe and Mail and a contributor to several anthologies, including What I Meant to Say. Joe Ollmann, a Montreal-based cartoonist and author of This Will All End in Tears, winner of the 2007 Doug Wright Award for Best Book. Bob Rae, the Liberal Party of Canada's foreign affairs critic and the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre. Rae served as the 21st premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Diana Tamblyn, an Ignatz-nominated Canadian cartoonist and author of several mini-comics, including The Rosie Stories and There You Were. The Doug Wright Awards recognize the finest in Canadian comics in three categories: Best Book, Best Emerging Talent and the Pigskin Peters Award (which acknowledges the best in non-narrative or experimental comics). Over the past five years, The Wright Awards have proudly featured a Who's Who of Canada's fertile comics scene at its podium, including Seth, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Michel Rabigliati, Lorenz Peter, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Joe Ollmann, Rebecca Kraatz, Ann Marie Fleming, Jeff Lemire and Julie Morstad. Labels: awards, book launches, events, events links, festivals, tcaf - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, January 23, 2009 TCAF Announcement  The Toronto Comic Arts Festival officially announced its 2009 program and dates Thursday. The event will take place over the weekend of Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10 and features the first Canadian appearance of Japan's Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Tatsumi is regarded by many as the godfather of serious adult manga and his work has been the subject of retrospective short story collections from Drawn and Quarterly (Good Bye, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and The Push Man and Other Stories). Tatsumi is debuting the English translation of his massive comics autobiography, A Drifting Life, published by D+Q, at TCAF. Other international headliners include Adrian Tomine (USA), Ivan Brunetti (USA), Paul Pope (USA), Emmanuel Guibert (France), and Anke Feuchtenberger (Germany). The free Festival is organized by the Beguiling bookstore and takes place at the Toronto Reference Library, at 789 Yonge St. Events include talks by the various authors, book launches and artists tables. An off-site gallery show by U.S. cartoonist Jordan Crane will take place at the Magic Pony gallery and the annual Doug Wright Awards are also scheduled for the same weekend. See the TCAF site for full details and a complete list of Canadian and International guests. Labels: events, festivals, graphic novels, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Guests and Events for the 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de GatineauOk, got the press kit, so here's what's going down and who will be there for the 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau! SPECIAL EVENTS  Opening ceremonies at the Canadian Museum of CivilizationThursday, October 23rd at 6:30 pm This year, the opening ceremony will be held at the same venue as the Rendez-vous itself, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This will be a unique occasion for visitors to celebrate in the company of guest authors, exhibitors and the organizers of the 9th Rendez-vous. Meet and Greet at the EMI (UQO) Thrusday, October 23rd Again this year, the Ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (EMI) is proud to welcome some of the guest artists of the RVIBDG for stimulating discussions about the 9th art. An exceptional event that is open to all! VENUES 1. Canadian Museum of Civilization Level 2 / Foyer of the Museaum's Theatre 100 Laurier Street in Gatineau 2. Art Gallery of the Alliance francaise 352 MacLaren Street in Ottawa 3. Universite du Quebec en Outaouais ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (eMI) Lucien-Brault Pavilion 101 St-Jean-Bosco Street in Gatineau Program: 1:30 p.m.: Meet and Greet with Taillefer (Ontario) and the duo Delaf and Dubuc (Quebec) 2:45 p.m.: Meet and Greet with Aymond and Johanna (France) This activity is open to the public. For more information, please visit http://www.uqo.ca/emi. Unveiling at the Alliance francaise Friday, October 24th, at 6:00 pm L'Alliance francaise d'Ottawa is pleased to host the exhibit Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD, which includes approximately 30 of the thousands of comic strips produced by the illustrator since 1989. LAUNCH : TOUT SPIROUZ Saturday, October 25th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Spirou and his gang find a permanent home at the UQO library! The UQO library and the Ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (EMI) invite you to a special celebration in honour of the famous Belgian bellhop who, to mark his 70th birthday, will be setting up residence in the UQO library, thanks to the generosity of the Journal de Spirou. An evening not to be missed! A reception will be held. Information: (819) 595-3900, ext. 1628 Animations - ON THE STAGE Action... Reaction ! For every action there is a reaction; that's how the ideas that take shape in an illustrator's head become a comic strip. The audience is invited to react to the zany ideas of the activity leader and provide inspiration. Comics Action Whether as an observer or a participant, don't miss this activity, which involves the impromptu creation of a storyboard in the form of comic strip sketches. Comics to the Highest Bidder An extraordinary auction! For sale: speech bubbles! The currency: words! May the best phrase win! Live Illustration During the festival, the guest artists will improvise a drawing before the eyes of the audience. Accompanied by an interview that will shed light on the author and his or her work, the activity will end with a draw for the signed illustration. Be there! Express Yourself Comic art professionals reveal the importance of expression in creating comic art characters and stories. Discussion: Serie BD, la clef du succes? Is the publication of a comic series a determining factor in a comic artist's success? Along with the guest artists of the 9th RVIBDG, discover what motivates artists to choose this route, and the hopes and disappointment that come along the way. New Releases Each year, the Rendez-vous de la BD offers comic fans the chance to discover recent newcomers to the comic art world. For the 9th edition of the RVIBDG, Kan-J and Paul Roux present their most recent publications to comic fans from the Outaouais. Strip... teaser Armed with sheets of paper, pencils and markers, spectators become illustrators during this activity. A super-effective method for discovering the various aspects of comic art, from scripting to creating a frame, and the search for expressions and angles. Round table : La vie apres le bac BD Several graduates of the comic art program at UQO will discuss the various professional avenues that have opened up to them since they finished their studies, and talk about their plans. Animations IN THE FOYER OF THE MUSEUM'S THEATRE (Salon Marius-Barbeau) Masters at Work - Presented by Desjardins As visitors look on, the guest authors will take turns creating a giant comic strip based on a particular theme. Comic fans can watch the images take shape, plucked from the imagination of these comic art wizards! Tele-Quebec's Little Library In partnership with publishers of books for young people, Tele-Quebec is offering the youngest visitors of the Rendez-vous de la BD a selection of illustrated books and albums to read on site in a playful atmosphere and safe environment. An excellent occasion for young readers to lose themselves in the passionate adventures of the characters from the series for children aired on Tele-Quebec, such as Kaboum, Toupie et Binou, Toc Toc Toc and more! BDmix Reading Room Intended mainly for teenagers and adults, the BDmix reading room feeds into the BDmix activity by offering visitors a selection of approximately 50 albums to read on site. EXHIBITIONS BDmix - Presented by the French Embassy Visit the BDmix exhibit and retrace the steps that have marked a century of French-language comics. Through the magic of the screen, BDmix will present 35 comic strips from original collections. Then, settle in and immerse yourself in the world of French-language comics by flipping through a collection of some 50 albums at your disposal. Gilles Villeneuve... Le champion du peuple! - Presented by Desjardins Formula 1 superstar Gilles Villeneuve not only left his mark on his era and on an entire generation of adrenaline junkies, but he was also immortalized in a comic strip! To tie this publication in with the 30th anniversary of his first win, the Musee Gilles Villeneuve will be presenting a collection of objects and images that will revive memories of this "people's champion". Reality and the Fantastic: The Magic of the mundane Craig A. Taillefer's "savoir-faire" is best revealed through his illustrations, which focus on ordinary people in extraordinary situations, slices of life taken from fiction or reality. This exhibit will provide you with the opportunity to get to know the illustrator, for whom the magic of fantasy goes hand-in-hand with the equally fascinating magic of the mundane. Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD At the Alliance francaise d'Ottawa From October 24 to 31, the walls of the Alliance francaise d'Ottawa will be adorned with an exhibit of approximately 30 original comic strips by Philippe Aymond. This selection, which represents only a fraction of the French illustrator's work, is taken from two decisive periods in his career. The first, from 1989 to 1999, looks at his collaboration with scriptwriter Pierre Christin, and the second, from 1999 to the present, looks at the creation of the series ApocalypseMania and Lady S. Contest | Invente-moi un Schtroumpf! To mark the 50th anniversary of the world-famous Smurfs, the Rendez-vous de la BD is teaming up with Radio-Canada's Premiere Chaine (90.7 FM) and LeDroit to present the contest Invente-moi un Schtroumpf! From October 14 to 17, between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., listen to Le monde selon Mathieu on 90.7 FM and discover the invented Smurf of the day. Write the Smurf's name on the entry ballot published daily in LeDroit for your chance to win one of five prizes, including the complete collection of albums featuring those odd little blue men created half a century ago by the illustrator Peyo.  GUESTS shown in order in the pictures >> Barely two years after Philippe Aymond finished his studies in the plastic arts, Les Humanoides Associes charged him with the task of creating illustrations for the Canal Choc series, based on scripts by Pierre Christin. This collaboration continued with the album L'Homme qui fait le tour du monde (1994) and the adventure series Les 4 x 4 (1997 a 2000). A second series, ApocalypseMania, written by Bollee, followed in 2000. In 2003, Jean Van Hamme, who was drawn in by the elegance and simplicity of Aymond's work, asked him to illustrate Lady S, a series in which action, suspense and modern adventures come together in a perfectly controlled geopolitical environment. An architect by trade, Daniel Bosshart always had a strong penchant for comics. After publishing several illustrations, he produced his first solo work, Geteilter Traum (Shared Dream), in the late 90s. This album, which relies completely on the strength of the illustrations and contains no text, was awared the prize for Best Germanic Publication at the Erlangen Salon in 2000. Because he communicates through images, Daniel Bosshard has presented his readers with a new challenge in the form of Alberto, a work without text whose grandiose and detailed vignettes are open to endless interpretation. Sandra Breault spent most of her childhood and adolescence poring over comic books. She began with French and Belgian comics, with a brief stop at alternative comic art, before moving over to manga. After studying plastic arts at college in her home region, Lanaudiere, she began her BA in comic art at the University of Quebec at Ouaouais (UQO). She graduated in the spring of 2008 with high honours; this achievement highlights the esthetics and lyricism of her final project. In her comic art, our talented next-generation ambassador draws inspiration from fairy tales and legends to show her readers the poetry that resides in the human spirit. Thierry Coppee, a teacher originally from Brussels who studied illustration at the Ecole de Recherches Graphiques, spent four years teaching elementary school before dedicating himself to his art. Following a brief collaboration with Spirou magazine, he began working on Les Blagues de Toto for Editions Delcourt. In 2004, he created a humourous world full of teasing tenderness in which the situations and characters are centered around Toto, an impish little boy who possesses an extraordinary gift for witty retorts. With nearly 200 jokes under his belt, Thierry Coppee is currently putting the finishing touches on the 7th Blagues de Toto album while keeping a close eye on the production of the first Toto cartoons. Johanna (Schipper) was born in Taiwan in 1967 and now lives in Bordeaux, France. After Chinese and Dutch, she learned French by reading Tintin! After finishing high school, she moved to Angoulême to study comic art at the Ecole Superieure de l'Image. She has worked as a colorist and as an organizer of exhibitions on French-language comics, and has also taught master classes to young authors in Vietnam. After publishing several short stories and illustrations, she again began working on the stories of Nana, the young heroine of Les Phosfees, and presented the series in colour to Editions Delcourt in 1999. Her most recent publication, a comic for adults entitled Nos âmes sauvages and published by Futuropolis, earned her the Artemisia award in January 2008. Based in Montreal, Maxim Douglas - a.k.a. Salgood Sam - has always drawn, just like his parents. Even before leaving school, this self-taught artist began creating his own comics and selling them through specialty shops. At the age of 18, he left home and began his career as a professional illustrator. For almost 20 years, he has worked as a freelancer, producing a multitude of drawings for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Kitchen Sink and the Montreal Mirror. While putting the finishing touches on his album entitled Therefore Repent, he received a bursary from the Canada Council of the Arts in 2007 that allowed him to begin work on his next publication, Dream Life. When he was young, Marc Delafontaine dreamed of becoming a police officer. However, deciding that he was no good at swinging a baton, he instead opted for his first passion: illustrating. He began by illustrating educational brochures, then worked as an animator, and finally moved on to illustrating children's books and comics. In 2004, he and partner/scripwriter Maryse Dubuc gave birth to three hip and ruthless adolesencents who came screaming into the comic world with the series Les Nombrils, which has garnered acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Maryse Dubuc developed a marked interest in school - and more particularly in writing - at a very young age. Her love of words soon developed into a true passion that lead her to study French literature at university. A colorist, author of books for young people and partner of illustrator Marc Delafontaine, she writes the adventures of Jenny, Vicky and Karine, the three young stars growing up in the sexy and cruelly hilarious world of the scathing series Les Nombrils. Born into a family of artists from the Bas St-Laurent region, Michel Falardeau completed his studies in the late 90s, first studying plastic arts in Sainte-Foy, then animation at Riviere-du-Loup. After spending a number of years creating video games, he turned to comic books. In 2005, Les Editions Paquet (Switzerland) discovered his talent as a comic artist and published Mertownville. In the form of an intimate narrative, this three-volume series focuses on Lydia, a heroine unlike any other, who invites the reader to discover the secret lives of superheroes. While Michel Falardeau may claim that his own life is boring, he certainly cannot say the same for his characters! As Craig A. Taillefer explains it, his diet as a young boy consisted of crayons, modeling clay and comic books. It is clear that his exposure at a very young age to the worlds of Asterix, Uncle Scrooge, Turok Son of Stone and others shaped his mind. Which is why, against the advice of those around him, he chose to pursue a career in the arts. For over two decades, Craig has earned a living as an illustrator. Whether in television animation, illustration or the creation of his comic series, Wahoo Morris, the artist divides his time between his obsession for illustration and his passion for old albums ...and hammocks! SURPRISE GUESTS! Each year, the Rendez-vous international de la bande dessinee de Gatineau has the pleasure of welcoming several comic artists who, in a few strokes of a pencil, add their talent to that of the guest artists. This years suprise guests are Tom Fowler and Kan-J. These two surprise guests will be joined by Paul Roux and the comic artist-hosts from Surpriz Comix. Timetable of Events Thursday, October 23rd 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Meet and Greet at the EMI with Taillefer and Delaf et Dubuc (venue 3.) 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm - Meet and Greet at the EMI with Aymond and Johanna (venue 3.) 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Masters at Work with Salgood Sam (venue 1.) 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm - Masters at Work with Delaf et Dubuc (venue 1.) 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Opening ceremonies (venue 1.) Friday, October 24th 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Masters at Work with Falardeau (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm - Action... Reaction! (venue 1.) 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Masters at Work with Coppee (venue 1.) 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Express Yourself (venue 1.) 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - Unveiling of the exhibit Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD Saturday, October 25th 10:30 am to 11:30 am - Masters at Work with Bosshart (venue 1.) 11:00 am to 11:30 am - Live illustration with Salgood Sam (venue 1.) 11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Masters at Work with Aymond (venue 1.) 11:45 am to 12:30 pm - Comics Action (venue 1.) 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Live illustration with Taillefer (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm - Round table: la vie apres le baccalaureat BD 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm - Paul Roux and Kan-J's new releases (venue 1.) 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Masters at Work with Johanna (venue 1.) 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm - Strip... teaser (venue 1.) 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Launch :Tout Spirou (venue 3.) Sunday, October 26th 10:30 am to 11:00 am - Live Illustration with Bosshart (venue 1.) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Masters at Work with Breault (venue 1.) 11:30 am to 12:15 pm - Action... Reaction! (venue 1.) 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Live Illustration with Coppee (venue 1.) 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm - Strip... teaser (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Masters at Work with Taillefer (venue 1.) 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm - Discussion: Serie BD, la cle du succes? (venue 1.) 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Comics to the Highest Bidder (venue 1.) AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS AYMOND: Thu 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Fri 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Sat 10 :00 am to 11 :30 am and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm BOSSHART: Thu 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Fri 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Sat 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 11: 00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm BREAULT: Thu 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Fri 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Sat 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm COPPEE: Fri 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Sat 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm DELAF ET DUBUC: Fri 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm FALARDEAU: Thu 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Fri 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sat 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm FOWLER: Sat 10:00 am to 11:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Sun 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm JOHANNA: Thu 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Fri 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 11 h 30 am to 1:30 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm KAN-J: Sat 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ROUX: Thu 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Fri 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Sat 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm SALGOOD: Thu 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Fri 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Sat 10:00 am to 11:00 am and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Sun 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm TAILLEFER: Thu 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Fri 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Labels: bd, book launches, can-con, cartoonists, conventions, events, events links, exhibits, festivals, Gatineau, Ottawa, profiles, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, October 12, 2008 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau  From the 23rd to the 26th of October, the 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau will be held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization!Featuring three days of events and panels with 10 creators, Philippe Aymond, Johanna, Daniel Bosshart, Thierry Coppee, Delaf & Dubuc, Michel Falardeau, Sandra Breault, Salgood Sam and Craig A. Taillefer. The Program and other details are here. Labels: bd, can-con, conventions, events, events links, exhibits, festivals, Gatineau, Ontario, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 09, 2008 Jimmy Beaulieu & Pascal Girard to attend Quai des bulles festival in BrittanyGot a email with "Love and kisses" from my buddy Jimmy Beaulieu letting us know that he and Pascal Girard will be spending the month of october in St-Malo, France, as guests of the Quai des bulles festival. They have started a blog for the occasion : Les malouins temporaires, where you will be able to follow their adventures in Brittany "or not... we'll see..." he says. He also says several MG books [in french] are being printed or released for the occasion! For those not in the know Mecanique Generale is a nice little art comics publisher that has close ties with the European community and Jimmy is a bit of a publishing and teaching dynamo, not to mention very accomplished artist and story teller. Do your self a favor and at least check out the links even if you don''t read french. Original FR text includes some more extensive info. Allo, pascal girard (www.paresse.ca) et moi (velue.blogspot.com) sommes a St-Malo, en ce moment, pour tout le mois d'octobre, dans le cadre d'une residence organisee par le festival Quai des bulles (www.quaidesbulles.com). On a demarre un blog pour l'occasion : Les malouins temporaires (lesmalouinstemporaires.blogspot.com), qui vous donnera l'occasion de plus ou moins suivre nos aventures (!) bretonnes. Labels: bd, blogosphere, can-con, canadians abroad, events, events links, festivals, francophone, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Le congres de science-fiction et fantastique de Montreal | Montreal's science-fiction and fantasy convention  Con*Cept is Montreal's fan run annual science-fiction and fantasy convention. It kicks off this year Friday October 17 and runs till the 19th , and attempts to cover all aspects of fandom: literature, television, comics, art, gaming, and more. The Event is booked at the Days Hotel, 1005 Guy Street, Montreal. A detail that caught my eye from their facebook group is... The Montreal Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be attending Con*Cept. Weather permitting, there will be telescopes day and night! Yes, the sun is a star, and can be observed through specialized telescopes. Two Center members are planning to bring their hydrogen alpha and calcium K solar telescopes. Also what looks like some tentative programing notes: More details here on the main site. Programmation pour les Fans du Futur Labels: conventions, events, events links, fanfic, festivals, Montreal, news, Quebec, sci-fi, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, August 15, 2008 More hot air about the so called DWA controversy. In response to The Doug Wright Awards' so called 'Canadian' language controversy, re: your defense of the Doug Wright Awards from Robert Haines. With all due respect to Robert, and due warning to future commenters. I don't have time to manually post comments for you. That's why we use an automated blogger system for the site, so I don't have to do things like that. It's password protected so that we don't get spammed to death. If you want to participate sign up. And if you waste my time with poorly thought through crap in my Email, If i do anything, it's more likely to be this - post you on the front page of the site to tear it apart. Don't get your hopes up, not doing it again for this subject. This one time to make a point, USE THE COMMENTS. Hello Max, I do not have a blog account and so I am unable to comment directly at Sequential. Please post this comment as found below: Bryan is deeply involved? I said closely involved, he helps organize at the events. I didn't characterize it as deep. I'll leave that for him to comment on if he feels inclined but it's truly irrelevant to the charge of discrimination. What this was about primarily. As for the the Prix Bedelys/hypothetical solution i proposed - I just suggested a collaboration, a sharing of resources, not a bloody "merger"! And how the hell is 'work alongside' any different from my 'trade for mutual benefit' or your 'pairing'. Don't be a prat. NOTHING comes up for the solid phrase "Canada's premier comic award" "Canada's premier comics and graphic novels awards" gets two hits, one is a TCAF/DWA site, the other is Dave Sim talking about the same auction as the first. To get anything else you have to take it out of quotes, and what you end up proving is that they are in fact well known in Lit circles, and have courted an elite profile from the start. Not THE. Take a look at the Jury Lineups. The press they get. The critical awareness of the work the nominate and awarded. Look up "Doug Wright Awards" in the news search. EXCLUDE us. EXCLUDE Brads past day job work at the CBC. what do you have? Along with many other sites, Walrus Magazine, Quill & Quire, Editor & Publisher, Publishers Weekly, Globe and Mail, etc. Not all nice long articles at all but some good coverage in some very prominent, NON comics media. The first two being Literary in fact. Do the same of ANY of the other awards currently in Canada. In the News search I ran on "The Shusters", not even "The Joe Shuster Awards" which draws a blank - I got one hit today, in an article about the DWA. It's a short reference about how the ONE thing they do, "nominally" better is award french language books....! hah! I love irony. Hey, I love that they are out there too, doing what they do. It's great they put together a special comity to nominate FR language books. I haven't got one bone to pick with any of the awards. But no others are an elite award with anything like a national profile! O_o [ <-this is me giving the hairy eye] The Shusters are Populous. Not elite. Not critically Primer. [ed: seems they switched, from their site-"Although these awards were chosen, in their first three incarnations, by a public vote, the process changed in 2007 to decision by a jury of individuals [ For the DWA, the Past Jury list includes Bruce McDonald, Mark Kingwell, Judy MacDonald, Lorenz Peter, Jessica Johnson, Ho Che Anderson, Marc Glassman, Katrina Onstad, Helena Reckitt, Mariko Tamaki. Chester Brown. Rebecca Caldwell, Nora Young, Jerry Ciccoritti & Don McKellar. Every year a film maker, at least one prominent member of the media if not two, someone from the Arts or Academia, and a critically significant cartoonist. With it's Jury's CV's on it's sleeve, and a purely Critical standard, ED: nominating a SINGLE book per Creator, The DWA are currently the most prominent, critically elite, highest standard bearing Award that ANYONE and EVERYONE in the country can be eligible for assuming they can fit into what is still, JUST TWO AWARDS CATEGORIES in ONE language. Because for now, it's a small operation despite it's critical standing and they do not have the time and money to do more! Would love to, but nope. ED: The Shusters have never had a Literary profile, it's not how they present themselves, or how the books they choose come off exclusively as a rule, as it pretty much is for the DWA. Great that they got a kick ass Jury now, but it's just true. Even the prize is a lot more classic comic book humble. Compared to this? The JSA don't promote an elite image, it's just a fact. They are not intentionally Literary at all. The DWA does, and is. And I don't think they are going to apologize for that. It's how they started, it's what they are all about. All of this only proves they have one front on which they truly discriminate, QUALITY. You can call it a small operation. Call it elitist. You can point out how incredibly small the community is leading to some very close associations that are frankly unavoidable. This is true for all awards let alone the all the comics awards in Canada. You could suggest we should sit around and wait for someone outside of the community to notice the work - which would be stupid. Far better we got off our asses and brought the outside in to see the work. Hey, you can even talk about how funny it was when Seth was given the very trophy he built himself the first year, and turned bright red and said himself how someone should have stopped that from happening as the jury sat and chuckled at him. Darwin Cooke also i suspect was bright red, when he stormed out of the ceremony yelling 'this is bullshit' and went to drink some more at the bar. That was pretty funny. But excluding Seth's book from the list, given it was the most wildly reviewed and lauded comic of the season hands down even without the nomination! Would have made the DWA claim to be for the Best Book false. It would have been the best book, barring having to compete with Seth's. He was asked to make the trophies before his book came out and was eligible for the list, or the list had even been drawn up. What ya' going to do? It's a small fucking scene people, thousands of creators but the cream is a thin skim on the top of it. And as it turns out a few creators of that caliber are amongst the ones who thought recognition for this kind of achievement was lacking in Canada and took it upon themselves to begin to do something about it. I personally cant thank them enough, even know I also personally felt out of my place at times being nominated that first year. Yep, that's right, I was nominated and here I am, dyslexic and too damn busy but still the guy running the ONLY web site so far dedicated exclusively to Canadian comics coverage and who cant get any of you other geeks to contribute unless it's to try to tear down shit. When if ever are more people in the 'community' going to work towards something instead of against? It's a FUCKING small scene and a lot of it is bloody lazy or superficial. Pardon my french. And you can complain all you like about that stuff. I, and I'm sure the DWA organizers will shrug and say, what's your point? Do you suggest it would be better not to have the DWA at all? 'cus these are the options for now. No one else was stepping up to do the job, to put an award like this together at all! The Shusters started around the same time and have very different goals. Before that, ZIP for a dog's age. So a group of Journalists, Critics, Super Fans and a couple of creators got together and made it happen with the help of the Wright family and some amazing volunteers. What have you done Robert? Better be good trying to pull this one. And I mean outside of being Deeply Involved with the Shusters yourself? That's great you doing that, but it brings your critique into some light don't it? Course line of it's a small world after all goes here. Calling the DWA anything else is BS. Calling it pretentious is redundant, and calling it, or suggesting it's bigoted against French comics or French creators is not only steaming hot BS, it's also offensive, dirty politics gaming, confrontational, and unsubstantiated. AND TO BE CLEAR, that was what Herve charged the DWA with. 100% FAIL Good day sir. Max Douglas, aka Salgood Sam. PS: want to comment on this? USE THE COMMENTS. 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